One Vivaldi Battle After Another! ft. Hugh Cutting

Countertenor Hugh Cutting takes a Free Throw on his breakout 2025 season. The OBS “Artist to Watch” returns to the US with the Irish Baroque Orchestra to tell the story of Giusto Tenducci, superstar castrato of 1760s Dublin

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